Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/qarofa

This Proto-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *qalova, from Proto-Oceanic *qalopan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləpan, from Proto-Austronesian *qaləpan, from *qaləp (“to beckon, wave”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔa.ˈɾo.fa/

Noun

*qarofa[1]

love
pity, compassion

Interjection

*qarofa[2]

hello, greetings

Descendants

Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
  - Marquesic:
    - Hawaiian: aloha
      - → English: aloha
  - Tahitic:
    - Maori: aroha
      - → English: aroha
    - Tahitian: arofa
  - Rapa Nui: 'aroha
- Samoic-Outlier
  - Ellicean
    - Tuvaluan: alofa
  - Futunic
    - Anuta: aropa
      - → English: aropa
  - Samoic
    - Samoan: alofa, talofa
    - Tokelauan: alofa
Tongic
- ⇒ Niuean: fakaalofa
- ⇒ Tongan: ofa

References

Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “QAROFA (A)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online‎
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “QAROFA (B)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online‎

[1] Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “QAROFA (A)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online‎

[2] Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “QAROFA (B)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online‎